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  • Fractional Stitches: Friends or Foes
    When you are just beginning your cross-stitch hobby, you may be confused by certain symbols and terminology. What are fractional stitches and how do they affect a design? If you need fractional stitches, how do you do them? Knowing how to do fractional stitches will help you create more ornate and smooth looking designs. Yet they can sometimes be a little more challenging in your designs.

  • When you are just beginning your cross-stitch hobby, you may be confused by certain symbols and terminology. What are fractional stitches and how do they affect a design? If you need fractional stitches, how do you do them? Knowing how to do fractional stitches will help you create more ornate and smooth looking designs. Yet they can sometimes be a little more challenging in your designs.
  • An African Expression of Cross-Stitch Communication
    The designs of Africa have a totally unique look about them, and are not typical of other designs. Their patterns are not simply "another piece of material with art designed on it", but are made and designed with the love of Africa always in mind. The people of Africa trust in their inner knowledge and fundamental beliefs, and their history is never forgotten as is clearly shown by their fabulous designs.

  • The designs of Africa have a totally unique look about them, and are not typical of other designs. Their patterns are not simply "another piece of material with art designed on it", but are made and designed with the love of Africa always in mind. The people of Africa trust in their inner knowledge and fundamental beliefs, and their history is never forgotten as is clearly shown by their fabulous designs.
  • Cross Stitch and The Healing Properties of Wild Flowers
    Wildflowers and herbs have been useful to mankind in many ways, ever since the beginning of our history, other than subject matter for art and needlepoint. Lately, alternative medicine has taken over part of the front seat for medicinal purposes, due to the each individual wanting some say-so in their medical choices.

  • Wildflowers and herbs have been useful to mankind in many ways, ever since the beginning of our history, other than subject matter for art and needlepoint. Lately, alternative medicine has taken over part of the front seat for medicinal purposes, due to the each individual wanting some say-so in their medical choices.
  • How to Create a Cross Stitched Heirloom
    Everybody would like to leave their loved ones something special when they pass away so cross stitchers and the companies that develop cross stitch designs are now, more than ever, turning to the classics in order to produce a unique and very personal heirloom.

  • Everybody would like to leave their loved ones something special when they pass away so cross stitchers and the companies that develop cross stitch designs are now, more than ever, turning to the classics in order to produce a unique and very personal heirloom.